Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil

He and others worked together to forge and cash more than $13,000 worth of checks, with help from people recruited from homeless shelters and food banks, criminal complaints state.

Texas, buoyed by its first No. 1 ranking in 21 years, leaned on its defense to overcome a sluggish start and beat Georgia 57-26 on Monday night.

In Iowa, gender identity was added to the civil rights code in 2007 when Democrats controlled the Legislature. In Georgia, the changes to the hate crimes law were proposed in a bill that would ...

Powered by an explosive first half, Georgia was able to hold off a second-half surge to take down No. 3 Florida 88-83.